Trips and trade

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Politicians travel a lot, for various reasons. The types of trips to foreign countries range, for instance, from a formal, highly-orchestrated, multi-day visit to brief logistical stop-overs, from the regular exchange of information during official talks in a working environment to ceremonial visits. This chapter reviews selected issues in the analysis of the economic effects of foreign travels by politicians. It starts by highlighting possible differences in the effects dependent on the visitor's official position. Next, it is emphasized that only few travels, dependent on their purpose, may be economically relevant. Finally, issues related to the choice of the travel destination are discussed.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics ; No. 230

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: diplomacy ; visit ; travel ; official ; host

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Nitsch, Volker
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Law and Economics
• (where): Darmstadt
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/175654
• URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-72859
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET